Are there any criminals at your school?

No? Think again! Teenagers commit thousands of crimes every day, and 25%
of UK teenagers say that they are the victim of crime. Quick fact
In the UK, boys commit many more crimes than girls. The most commom  Thieves steal a mobile every
crime among girls is shoplifting. One in twenty girls aged 12-13 admit to three minutes in the UK.
stealing from shops. But 33% of boys aged 14-15 commit a crime at some  50% of victims are under20.
time.  every year, thieves steal
500.000 mobiles from
The police spend hundreds of hours fightingteen crimes lie vandalismo and children aged 11-14.
spraying graffiti, but the most commom teenager crime is robbery. In 35% of  How do you stop the mobile
robberies of the person, the thieves steal mobiles. The average mobile phone phone thieves?
thief is a 16 year old boy, and his favourite victims are other teenagers.  Don’t use your mobile in the
In fact, teenagers are more likely to be victims of crime than adults. Each street or in busy places.
year, about a quarter of teenagers in the UK are victims of crime. More than  make a note of your mobiles
half of these suffer violence, and more than 40% are victims of theft. And security number.
many of these teenagers never tell anybody about the crime. Why not?
Because they’re too scared, or they think nothing will be done about it. Only
about 30% of teenager victims of crime go to the police.

1. Answer the question.

1.1 Who commits more crimes?
1.2 How many boys aged 14-15 commit a crime at some time?
1.3 What’s the most commom crime for teenagers ?
1.4 How many teenagers are victims of crime each year in the UK?
1.5 How old is the average mobile phone thief?
1.6 How many mobiles do thieves steal every hour in Britain?

1. True or false? Correct the false sentences

a. Half of UK teenagers say that they are the victim of crime.
b. Typical teenager crimes include vandalism and murder.
c. In 35% of robberies of the person, the thieves steal mobiles.
d. A quarter of the victims of mobiles a year from children aged 11-14.
e. Thieves prefer new mobiles.
f. Teenagers are as likely as adults to be victims of crime.
g. About 70% of teenage victims of crime don’t tell police about it.
2. Match the verbs and nouns
a. Money 1. commit
b. A person 2. spray
c. A crime 3. steal
d. Graffiti 4. rob
e. Violence 5. Suffer
Present Perfect affirmitive and negative